Article 4 · Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/351

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Article 4Transitional measures#

1.Plastic materials and articles complying with Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 as applicable before the entry into force of this Regulation, and any other relevant Union legislation, which were first placed on the market before 16 September 2026 may continue to be placed on the market until the exhaustion of stocks.

2.In case a product from an intermediate stage of the manufacturing of plastic materials and articles or a substance intended for the manufacturing of such a product, material or article, which complies with Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 as applicable before the entry into force of this Regulation and which is first placed on the market after 16 December 2025 does not comply with this Regulation, the declaration of compliance accompanying that substance or product shall indicate that it does not comply with this Regulation, and that it can only be used in the manufacture of plastic materials and articles to be placed on the market before 16 September 2026.

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additive
means a substance which is intentionally added to the plastic to achieve a physical or chemical effect during processing of the plastic or in the final material or article and it is intended to be present in the final material or article, including substances in a solid state the surface of which becomes bonded to the polymers that constitute the plastic.’;
reprocessing of plastic
means the remelting, mixing, reacting or otherwise processing of plastic materials that result as a by-product from an intermediate or final manufacturing operation in the manufacture of plastic materials and articles, alone or combined with material originating from other manufacturing operations, by applying, if necessary, transfer and operations to make the use of these by-products possible again.